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Economy
Bloomberg: Three Potential Scenarios on Greece's Problem
With the Greek government running out of cash by the end of April, Bloomberg speculates on three potential scenarios on the outcome of negotiations between Athens and creditors.
With the word "Grexit" looming large after the new, leftist SYRIZA government...
Economy
European Parliament President: New Deal for Greece's Financing Within a Week
European Parliament President Martin Schulz said on Tuesday that he expects Greece to reach a new financing agreement with its creditors within a week.
Greece is in urgent need for cash as state coffers are emptying fast and there is...
Economy
Poll Shows 47.8% of Greeks Trust SYRIZA and 84% Want the Euro
Despite the recent impasse in negotiations between the SYRIZA government and lenders that brought threats of a Grexit, Greek people show their trust to the leftist party as 47.8 percent of them would vote for them if elections were...
Economy
Tsipras to Ask Top European Officials for Liquidity and Clarification of February Deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have a sidelines meeting with the leaders of Germany and France and top European Union officials today at the EU summit. Tsipras will ask for liquidity and clarification of the February 20th agreement.
The...
Economy
IMF: Greece Most Unhelpful Client in History
International Monetary Fund representatives who work on the Greek bailout told their euro zone colleagues that Greece is the most unhelpful country in the 70-year history of the organization, according to a Bloomberg report.
Officials from the IMF, the European...
Economy
Tsipras to Lenders: We Will Not Renege on Our Promises to Greek People
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Greek Parliament on Wednesday that the government will honor the popular mandate and fulfill all election campaign pledges, starting with the bill to tackle the humanitarian crisis that was tabled late on...
Economy
Washington Concerned Over Greece-Europe Negotiations Deadlock
Washington has expressed concern over the impasse in the negotiations between Greece and Europe, and Germany in particular.
White House officials consider that the deadlock in negotiations is posing a threat on the international economy. Caroline Atkinson, international economic aide...
Economy
'Word Battle': The New Greco-German Game to Practice Negotiation Skills
With Greece and its strictest European creditor, Germany, trapped into a new "word battle" game over the terms of Greece's bailout plan, the impersonal financial jargon of the past has changed into barefaced personal attacks, hardening Greek and German people's nationalistic antagonism,...
Economy
The New Buzzwords of Greek Negotiations
As the new government is trying to appease Greek people after the creditors' insistence on the existing bailout program, the renaming of key words in the negotiations has been a very important tool. It has also been the subject...
Economy
Greek FinMin to CNN: Electorate Excited with New Deal
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the electorate is excited with the new deal when he spoke to CNN a few hours before sending the final list of reforms by the Greek government to its European partners.
Mr. Varoufakis spoke to...